Summer Bedding. 



THE " bedding--out " lime has again come round, 

 and professional gardeners will have gfrown 

 most of the plants required for the purpose, but 

 meritorious novelties are worth adding ; and losses of 

 stock from causes outside the gardeners control require 

 to be replaced. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to warn 

 professional gardeners, but amateur enthusiasm is oft- 

 times nipped in the bud through buying scraps or 

 worthless seedlings merely taken from the seed bed or 

 cutting box and advertised post free at prices which 

 would not pay even the postage of satisfactory plants. 

 It is the nurseryman's business to nurse and despatch 

 plants with an established nucleus— the purchaser to 

 reap the results in due season — not to be obliged to 

 coddle poor plants through tedious months whilst the 

 summer goes by. A reliable nursery is therefore a 

 necessity to both professional and amateur, and a 

 useful booklet about Summer Bedding Plants may be 

 had post free from Messrs. Watson & Sons, Clontarf 

 Nurseries, Dublin. All this firm's bedding plants have 

 been transplanted from the seed-beds or grown singly 

 in pots, and the enormous quantities grown secure 

 the advantage of tempting prices to those who send 

 to Clontarf for their plants. Packing is well done, as 

 Messrs. Watson do not believe in growing good plants 

 and suffering them to be spoiled in transit ; and a 

 feature of the Clontarf bu.siness is the close attention 

 to the little details of a client's requirements which 

 induces him to become a customer. 



Our principal public parks annuallv display numerous 

 specimens of Messrs. Watson's plants. 



Horticultural Societies. 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



.At the monthly meeting of the council, held at the 

 society's offices, 5 Molesworth Street, Dublin, on the 

 t4th ult., the following members were present — viz., 

 Messrs. R. Anderson, G. Watson, J. McKellar, J. 

 McDonough, J. Wylie- Henderson, D. Houston, .A.L.S., 

 F. W. Moore, M.r'i.A., and D. L. Ramsay, J. P.. pre- 

 siding. The balance-shtfet of the spring show was 

 submitted, showing an approximate balance of ;£J20 to 

 credit, and it was unanimously resolved that the best 

 thanks of the council were due to the Royal Dublin 

 Society and its officials, whose cordial co-operation 

 conduced to the successful results, a vote of thanks 

 being also accorded to those members of the Irish 

 Gardeners' Association who kindly acted as stewards. 

 The council accepted, with thanks, the offer of the 

 Commissioners of Menion Square for the holding of 

 the summer show in those spacious grounds on July 

 20th, and it was hoped that His Excellency the Lord 

 Lieutenant and the Countess of Aberdeen would 

 honour the show with a visit. .A. vote of condolence 

 was passed with the family of the late .Andrew 

 -Armstrong, Esq., who had been a liberal and con- 

 sistent supporter of the society, on their bereavement. 

 Messrs. Pennick sent up some nice specimens of hardy 

 flowers, including some glorious sprays of Rhododen- 

 dron Pink Pearl, from their Delgany Nurseries, for 

 inspection, and were duly thanked for the exhibit. The 

 following new members were elected : — Mrs. More 



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